Deodorizing device



March 6, 1928. 1,661,547

- E. J. REEFER DEODORIZING DEVICE Filed July 18, 1927 //VV/W0R fafact/Pee er- ATTORNEY ,2 fluid is never al owed to flow freePatented-Mar. 6, 1928. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, EUGENE J. REEFER, OI FHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BEEFEBBNO- MOTH, INC., 0! PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

nnonomznwe DEVICE.

Application fled m 1a, 1931. Serial no. scam.

My invention relatesto disinfectant or deodorizing devices and has forits ob1ectthe provision of a hanger or support whereby a bottle offluidmay be held in such a way 5 as to allow a gradual seepage of thefluid into the atmosphere for the pn ose desired. Such devices are oldand wel known in the art, but those already on the market are unreliablein that they admit flooding at times, the fluid being capable of flowingso freely at times that the suppl becomes exhausted earlier than lookedor, requir ng unexpected attention and a further filling of liquid.

In my invention I provlde a. support for holding a bottle in invertedposition, provide for a small perforation being made in the stopper, andsurround said small hole with absorbent ads in such a we that the andyet enough is permitted to escape at al times to insure fulfilling theobject for which it is intended,'either as a deodorant, disinfectant,

or poison for moths or other objectionable insects. a

I will now describe in detail an embodiment of my invention, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1, is a vertical section through my invention showing a bottle offluid supported therein.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the neck of the bottle with absorbentpads applied thereto. Fig. 3, is an end view of the same. Fig. 4, is'anend view with the absorbent pads removed. p

Fig. is a view of one of the intermediate pads preferably of cork; and

that my invention is not limited to the pre cise arrangement andorganization oi the in- Fig. 6, shows another of the pads, as ofstrumentalities as herein shown and described.

The bottle support comprises a cu a provided with orifices b in itssides to a ow full and free passage of the air therethrou h. 0 Cup a issecured to a hanger a which is 5% tachably secured to a. wall or post asby slot and pin connection d. Hin er a is provided with spring clip armse or embracing a bottle at.

Cup a contains a conical ring f or wood or similar material, so taperedboth inside and out as to provide a circular line seat at its upper endfor supporting the inverted bottle. i

The bottle of fluid is sealed by an im erforate cork washer g firmlyheld inp ace on the mouth of the bottle by an ordinary tin bottle cap ithaving a hole in its center.. Another cork disc 11 may be placed uponthe bottle'cap and a rectangular piece of blotting paper or otherabsorbent material j placed over the cork and the ends bent down eachside against the neck.

Another piece of absorbent material It is laced in ring 7' and presseddown near the ttom of the rin its ends bending u to allow it to" close te end, and a pin hol e is punched in this material at its center. A pinhole is then punched through the center as of the bottle closure;passing through the outer blotting paper, the cork disc, the hole in thebottle cap, and the cork washer, allowing a vent for the fluid in thebottle.

The bottle is now inverted and placed in the wooden ring in cup aagainst the absorbent material in the bottom of the ring with the pinholes aligning and the bottle at the same time snapped between clips 0.The device is now ready for use, and while allowing the fluid to seepthrough the pin holes and saturate the absorbent material absolutelyprecludes any undue amount of flow, so that a small bottle of fluid maydo its duty f and yet last a comparatively long time. I

It will now be apparent that I have de vised a novel andusefulconstruction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above descriptionand a while I have in the present instance shown and described thepreferred embodiments thereof which have been found in practice togive'satisfactory and reliable results, it

is to be understood that the same are susceptible of modification invarious particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having now fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and wishto protect by Letters Patent is: p

1. A deodorizing device comprising a support, a truncated cone-shapedporous annulus the walls of which are of inverted, V-shapedcross-section carried by said support, said annulus having innerinclined walls arranged to receive the neck of a bottle, said annulushaving an aperture in its bottom, absorbent material in the bottom ofsaid. annulus, an inverted bottle having its neck disposed in saidannulus which bottle neck is wedged within said truncated annulus forsupporting purposes, and a cap closing the mouth of said neck, saidabsorbent material and cap having minute apertures therethrough inverticalalignment with the annulus aperture whereby the tapering top ofsaid annulus may quickly absorb material from within said bottle.

2. A deodoriz'ing device comprising a support, a truncated cone-shapedporous annulus the walls of which are of inverted, V- shap'edcross-section carried by said support, said annulus having innerinclined walls arranged to receive the neck of a bottle, said annulushaving an aperture in its bottom, an apertured strip of blotting paperfixed across said annulus bottom, an aperturccl felt member superimposedupon said strip of blotting paper, an inverted bottle having its neckdisposed in said annulus which bot tle neck is wedged within saidtruncated annulus for supporting purposes, and a cap closing the mouthof said neck, said blotting paper, pad, and bottle cap closure havingminute apertures therethrough in vertical alignment with the annulusaperture whereby the tapering top of said annulus may quickly absorbmaterial within said bottle.

EUGENE J. REEFER.

